Could this have any impact on the future of Queen releases, in particular the boxsets? Haven't seen this discussed anywhere, but it would be great if the new owners, looking to maximize the return on their investment, started pushing for more "Beatles Anthology" type releases from their more established artists.

Of course, this could just mean more Rocks-style rehashings of available material.

I'm pretty sure anyone spending £3 billion is not going to get involved in release schedules for particular artists.

You, sir, are absolutely correct. I guess I wasn't thinking of that point of view when I heard the news EMI finally found a buyer. And I guess since Queen Productions owns most of their recordings and merely licenses them to EMI, there's probably not much EMI can do to force the release of the boxsets.